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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 37
Performance Date3 September 1949
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersVictoria Sladen,
Gladys Ripley,
James Johnston,
Roderick Jones,
George James,
Trevor Anthony - vocals,
Ida Haendel - violin
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Choral Society
ConductorsSir Malcolm Sargent
Set List'Overture' from Barbiere Di Siviglia, Rossini,
Recit and Aria, 'O Mio Fernando' from La Favorita, Donizetti (Gladys Ripley),
'Lyric Suite', Grieg,
'Symphonie Espagnole', Lalo (Ida Haendel),
'Finale, Act II' from Aida, Verdi (Victoria Sladen, Gladys Ripley, James Johnston, Roderick Jones, George James, Trevor Anthony, Royal Choral Society),
Waltz, 'The Blue Danube', J Strauss,
'The Walk To The Paradise Garden' (A Village Romeo and Juliet), Delius,
'Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell - The Young Person's Guide to The Orchestra', Britten
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/1949/172),
Programme (RAHE/1/1949/209)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/LB1LB._LfsOtAa
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/209BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949 - Fifty-Fifth Season - Prom 373 September 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Egagixom_BysBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 1949: Fifty-Fifth Season49
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3148Sladen; Victoria (1910-1999); British soprano
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/6446Johnston; James (1903-1991); Northern Irish tenor, oratorio singer
DS/UK/3170Jones; Roderick (1910-1992); British baritone
DS/UK/8081James; George (fl 1940s-1950s); British vocalist
DS/UK/6434Anthony; Trevor (1912-1984); Welsh operatic bass singer
DS/UK/1496Haendel; Ida (15 December 1928-1 July 2020); CBE; Polish violinist
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/49Royal Choral Society (RCS); 1872-; English choir
DS/UK/67Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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